Announcement

Hockey Canada Long Term Player Development Programming Framework

Ever wonder how your player’s development plan gets developed? Hockey Canada has provided a framework for hockey associations to follow.

Hockey Canada has developed the Long Term Player Development Programming Framework:

“This model for hockey has been developed based on the following principles:

• doing the right thing for the player at the right stage in their development
• adopting a player-centered approach and not treating the development of all players the same way
• the broader the foundation of players the more successful the game of hockey will be in Canada
• viewing player development as a long term process
• aligning player development resources (skills manuals, DVDs) with coach development and education resources so that coaches are doing the right things at the right time
• a need to better educate parents on the hockey development of their child – it is okay for parents to want their kids to get to the highest levels but they need to know the best way to go about it"